Damash

2012–13 season
Chairman	Amir Abedini
Manager	Afshin Nazemi (From March 2013) Omid Harandi (until 16 September 2012) Hamid Derakhshan (from 18 September 2012 to March 2013)
Stadium	Dr. Azodi Stadium
Iran Pro League	11th
Hazfi Cup	Semifinal
Top goalscorer	League: Alireza Jahanbakhsh (8) All: Alireza Jahanbakhsh (9)
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The 2012–13 season was Damash's 3rd season in the Pro League, and their 2nd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football and 5th year in existence as a football club. They competed in the Hazfi Cup. Damash was captained by Mohammad Reza Mahdavi.

Updated 12 June 2013

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Age	Year signed	Signed from	Appearances	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Milad Farahani		GK	24	2011	Paykan	36	0
22	Hassan Roudbarian		GK	34	2012	Rah Ahan	15	0
33	Behnam Laayeghifar		GK		2008	(Youth system)	1	0
Defenders
2	Mohammad Siah		DF, RB	27	2008–2010, 2012	(Free Agent)	36	0
3	Arilson		RB, RWB	29	2012	Grêmio Barueri	7	0
6	Morteza Ebrahimi		DF	31	2012	Saipa	20	0
8	Alireza Nazifkar		DF	28	2008–2009, 2010	Nassaji	94	14
17	Hossein Koushki		RB	28	2011	Bargh Shiraz	26	1
20	Mohamad Mokhtari		DF	30	2008	Pegah	83	2
21	Abouzar Rahimi		DF, LB	31	2011–2012, 2012	Sanat Naft	46	0
29	Hadi Mohammadi		DF	21	2012	Sanat Naft	5	0
Midfielders
4	Abolfazl Hajizadeh		CM, DMF, DF	31	2012	Shahrdari Tabriz	21	0
5	Saeed Hallafi		CM	22	2012	Sanat Naft	12	3
7	Hossein Ebrahimi		RM, RW	22	2008	Pegah	65	5
9	Hadi Sohrabi		CM, DMF	24	2008–2011, 2012	Nassaji	49	1
11	Mohammad Reza Mahdavi		CM, AM	32	2008–2009, 2010	Steel Azin	114	13
12	Mostafa Hajati		CM, LB	29	2008	Pegah	104	4
13	Mohammad Abshak		CM, DMF	26	2008	Pegah	77	3
16	Rasoul Soroushnia*		CM, LB	26	2012	Saba Qom	12	0
25	Mohammad Ali Rahimi		CMF		2012	(Youth system)	2	0
30	Alireza Jahanbakhsh		LM, LW	19	2011	Damash Karaj	42	10
31	Alireza Nikbakht Vahedi		CM, AM	32	2012	(Free agent)	4	0
Forwards
10	Afshin Chavoshi		FW	28	2008–2009, 2010	Steel Azin	101	38
14	Amin Motevaselzadeh		FW	30	2012	Pas Hamedan	30	5
18	Reza Almaskhane		FW	25	2008	Pegah	16	3
19	Boubacar Kébé		FW	25	2012	(Free agent)	9	2
24	Masoud Hassanzadeh		FW	21	2012	Mes Rafsanjan	2	0

• This player changed his last name from Boroush to Soroushnia in December 2012*. ^[1]

Confirmed transfers 2012–13

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 25 DF   IRN Mojteh Rostami (from Shahrdari Langaroud) [2] 2 DF   IRN Mohammad Siah (from Free Agent) [2] 6 DF   IRN Morteza Ebrahimi (from Saipa) [2] 9 MF   IRN Hadi Sohrabi (from Nasaji) [2] 5 DF   IRN Masoud Zarei (from Paykan) [2] 4 DF   IRN Abolfazl Hajizadeh (from Shahrdari Tabriz) [2] 22 MF   IRN Mehdi Kiani (from Shahin Bushehr) [2] 14 FW   IRN Amin Motevaselzadeh (from Pas Hamedan) [2] 18 FW   IRN Reza Almaskhale (from Gahar Zagros) 23 GK   IRN Hassan Roudbarian (from Rah Ahan) [2] 16 MF   IRN Rasoul Boroush (from Saba Qom) [2]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF   IRN Abouzar Rahimi (to Sanat Naft) 28 MF   IRN Afshin Esmaeilzadeh (to Persepolis) [3] 6 MF   IRN Jahangir Asgari (Released, to Rah Ahan) 7 MF   IRN Milad Zeneyedpour (Released, to Sepahan) 9 FW   IRN Mohammad Gholami (Released, to Sepahan) [2] 22 GK   IRN Mohammad Mohammadi (Released, to Esteghlal) [4] 14 MF   BRA Magno (to Naft Tehran) 5 MF   BRA Orestes Junior Alves (Released) 3 DF   IRN Ali Hosseini (to Rah Ahan) 4 MF   IRN Abbas Aghaei (Released) 19 FW   IRN Farzad Mohammadi (Released) 25 DF   IRN Milad Nosrati (Released) — MF   IRN Mohammad Karimi (to Iranjavan) [5]

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW   FRA Boubacar Kébé (Free Agent) — DF   BRA Arilson (from Grêmio Barueri) — DF   IRN Abouzar Rahimi (from Sanat Naft) — MF   IRN Saeed Halafi (from Sanat Naft) — MF   IRN Alireza Nikbakht Vahedi (from Free Agent) — FW   IRN Masoud Hassanzadeh (from Mes Rafsanjan)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF   IRN Mehdi Kiani (to Sanat Naft) 5 DF   IRN Masoud Zarei (released) 15 MF   IRN Behnam Afsheh (released) 24 FW   IRN Saeed Mortazavi (On loan to Parseh) 23 DF   IRN Kenan Tahernejad (On loan to Chooka) — DF   IRN Mohammadreza Edalatpanah (On loan to Chooka)

Updated to match played 5 Jun 2013
Source: Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Damash v Foolad

20 July 2012 1	Damash	1–1	Foolad	Rasht
21:15 UTC+04:30	Chavoshi 47' Mehdi Kiani Mokhtari Motevaselzadeh	[1]	Karami 20' Rahmani Afshin	Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 7,000

Aluminium v Damash

25 July 2012 2	Aluminium	0–0	Damash	Bandar Abbas
22:00 UTC+04:30	Tighnavard Mohammadzadeh	[2]	Mahdavi Nazifkar	Stadium: Khalij Fars Stadium Attendance: 8,000

Damash v Paykan

31 July 2012 3	Damash	5–3	Paykan	Rasht
22:00 UTC+04:30	Jahanbaksh 24' Chavoshi 28' Motevaselzadeh 50' Ebrahimi 53' Jahanbaksh 64' Ebrahimi Mahdavi	[3]	Ma'ghouli 69' Tahmasebi 94' pen Mirshafian Soltani Ma'ghouli Ahmadi Tahmasebi	Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 11,000

Saipa v Damash

6 August 2012 4	Saipa	2–0	Damash	Karaj
22:00 UTC+04:30	Shahbazzadeh 51' Gharibi 59' Ayubi	[4]	Hajati	Stadium: Enghelab Stadium Attendance: 2,000

Damash v Persepolis

19 August 2012 5	Damash	1–0	Persepolis	Rasht
19:10 UTC+04:30	Ebrahimi 68' Nazifkar Berosh	[5] [6]	Rezaei	Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 20,000

Mes v Damash

24 August 2012 6	Mes	1–0	Damash	Kerman
22:00 UTC+04:30	Amraei 41' Salaripour	[7]	Ebrahimi Nasiri Mohammad Mokhtari	Stadium: Shahid Bahonar Stadium Attendance: 1,000

Damash v Malavan

29 August 2012 7	Damash	0–0	Malavan	Rasht
19:00 UTC+04:30	Jahanbakhsh	[8] [9]		Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 10,000

Fajr Sepasi v Damash

15 September 2012 8	Fajr Sepasi	6–1	Damash	Shiraz
18:30 UTC+04:30	Ansari 12' 19' Mohammadrezaei 28' Nazari 45' Mohammadrezaei 58' Ansari 76'	[10] [11]	Jahanbakhsh 20' Kiani Mohammad Mokhtari	Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium Attendance: 3,000

Damash v Rah Ahan

21 September 2012 9	Damash	0–1	Rah Ahan	Rasht
16:30 UTC+04:30	Ashoubi 93' Ashoubi Hosseini	[12]	Siah Mohammadi	Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 1,000

Saba v Damash

27 September 2012 10	Saba	3–3	Damash	Qom
17:15 UTC+04:30	Nouri 31' 42' Momeni 86' Nouri Hootan	[13] [14]	Motevaselzadeh 27' Jahanbakhsh 35' Kiani 58'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 1,000

Damash v Zob Ahan

1 October 2012 11	Damash	0–0	Zob Ahan	Rasht
16:15 UTC+04:30	Jahanbaksh Jahanbakhsh Nazifakr	[15] [16]	Sadeghian	Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: NC

Sanat Naft v Damash

19 October 2012 12	Sanat Naft	0–0	Damash	Abadan
18:15 UTC+04:30	Aleksanyan	[17] [18]	Ebrahimi Hajati Mahdavi	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 5,000

Damash v Gahar Zagros

25 October 2012 13	Damash	1–0	Gahar Zagros	Rasht
15:30 UTC+04:30	Nazifkar 75' Pen. Koushki Hajizadeh Ebrahimi Sohrabi	[19] [20]	Mehraban Kardoust Shafiei	Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 5,000

Tractor Sazi v Damash

30 October 2012 14	Tractor Sazi	2–2	Damash	Tabriz
15:30 UTC+04:30	Karimian 22' Ebrahimi 85' Ebrahimi Hajsafi	[21] [22]	Mahdavi 12' Kiani 50' Mahdavi	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 30,000

Damash v Naft

18 November 2012 15	Damash	2–0	Naft	Rasht
15:30 UTC+04:30	Chavoshi 51' Koushki 81' Ebrahimi	[23] [24]		Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 2,000

Sepahan v Damash

27 November 2012 16	Sepahan	3–0	Damash	Fooladshahr
15:15 UTC+04:30	Khalatbari 50' Navidkia 65' Khalatbari 83'	[25] [26]	Roudbarian Mokhtari	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 1,000

Damash v Esteghlal

4 December 2012 17	Damash	1–0	Esteghlal	Rasht
15:15 UTC+04:30	Kébé 85' Hajati	[27] [28]	Samuel Manouchehri Heydari Nekounam	Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 20,000

Foolad v Damash

25 December 2012 18	Foolad	2–2	Damash	Ahvaz
22:00 UTC+04:30	Sharifat 58' Vali 61' Sharifat Karami Ershad Yousefi	[29] [30]	Nazifkar 28' pen Motevaselzadeh 64' Rahimi Sohrabi Nazifkar Ebrahimi	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 2,000

Damash v Aluminium

31 December 2012 19	Damash	1–2	Aluminium	Rasht
15:00 UTC+04:30	Kébé 85' Hajati Mokhtari	[31] [32]	Mohammadzadeh 8' Pirzadeh 59' Dadashvand Pirzadeh Nasehi Kébé	Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 2,000

Damash v Saipa

13 January 2013 21	Damash	1–1	Saipa	Rasht
15:30 UTC+04:30	Mokhtari 76' Arilson Mello Da Silva Hajizadeh	[33]	Daghighi 7'	Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 3,000

Persepolis v Damash

18 January 2013 22	Persepolis	1–0	Damash	Tehran
15:30 UTC+04:30	Hossein Mahini 40' pen	[34]	Mokhtari Mahdavi Abshak	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 40,000

Damash v Mes

25 January 2013 23	Damash	0–1	Mes	Rasht
15:30 UTC+04:30	Jahanbakhsh Nazifkar Abshak	[35] [36]	Mostafa Shojaei 8'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 1,000

Malavan v Damash

29 January 2013 24	Malavan	3–1	Damash	Bandar Anzali
15:30 UTC+04:30	Rafkhaei 9' 90+3' ( pen.) Zare Nozhati 76' Shirzad	Summary	Abshak Sohrabi Rahimi Roudbarian  90' Hallafi 90+6'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 7,000

Paykan v Damash

3 February 2013 20	Paykan	0–2	Damash	Tehran
16:30	Kameli-Mofrad	Summary	Mostafa Haajati Jahanbakhsh 59' Hallafi 78'	Stadium: Takhti Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

Damash v Fajr Sepasi

9 February 2013 25	Damash	1–0	Fajr Sepasi	Rasht
16:30	Jahanbakhsh 20' Hajizadeh Nazifkar	Summary	Jalili Alimohammadi Masoud Rigi	Stadium: Shahid Dr. Azodi Stadium Referee: Shahin Haj Babaei

Rah Ahan v Damash

17 February 2013 26	Rah Ahan	1–0	Damash	Ekbatan
17:00	Rajabzadeh Ashoubi 59' Asgari  90+1'	Summary	Abshak Hallafi	Stadium: Rah Ahan Stadium Referee: Alborz Hajipour

Damash v Saba Qom

23 February 2013 27	Damash	1–1	Saba Qom	Rasht
17:00	Koushki Hallafi 74' Sohrabi	Summary	Kashi Momeni 64'	Stadium: Shahid Dr. Azodi Stadium Referee: Javad Sharafi

Zob Ahan v Damash

1 March 2013 28	Zob Ahan	1–0	Damash	Fuladshahr
17:00	Sadeghian Farhadi 90+1'	Summary	Mostafa Haajati Jahanbakhsh	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

Damash v Sanat Naft

8 March 2013 29	Damash	3–1	Sanat Naft	Rasht
16:30	Mostafa Haajati 26' Nazifkar 45' Motevaselzadeh 71'	Summary	Arab 13'	Stadium: Shahid Dr. Azodi Stadium Referee: Alireza Faghani

Gahar Zagros v Damash

17 March 2013 30	Gahar Zagros	1–2	Damash	Dorud
17:00	Khorsandnia 88'	Summary	Mahdavi 29' Ebrahimi 35'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Parseh v Damash

13 December 2012 1/16	Parseh	1–3	Damash	Tehran
14:15 IST	Ipakchi 85'	[37]	Jahanbakhsh 26' Ebrahimi 44' Kébé 69'	Stadium: Sanaye Defai Stadium Attendance: 50

Damash v Tractor Sazi

20 December 2012 1/8	Damash	1–1 ( a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Tractor Sazi	Rasht
14:00 IST	Mahdavi 50'	[38]	Salehi 26'	Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 11,000
	Penalties
	Nazifkar Abshak Hajizadeh Mahdavi Hajaati		Kiani Paixão Iranpourian Ebrahimi Assadi

Fajr Sepasi v Damash

9 January 2013 26	Fajr Sepasi	0–0 ( a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Damash	Shiraz
14:00 IST		[39]		Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium Attendance: 1,000
	Penalties
	Nazari Esmaeili Ansari Hosseini Kazemi Ansari		Nazifkar Jahanbakhsh Abshak Mahdavi Hajizadeh Rahimi

Damash v Persepolis

6 April 2013 26	Damash	1–1 ( a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Persepolis	Rasht
17:30 IST	M. Abshak  45+1' M. Mokhtari  56' Motevaselzadeh 70'	[40]	J. Hosseini  77' Nouri 83'	Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 12,000
	Penalties
	Rahimi Abshak Chavoshi Ebrahimi		Norouzi Mahini Hosseini Karimi Ansarifard

Last updated 12 January 2013

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		Hazi Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	IRN	Milad Farahani	20	0	18+0	0	2+0	0
2	DF	IRN	Mohamamd Siah	20	0	14+4	0	1+1	0
3	DF	BRA	Arilson	9	0	6+1	0	2+0	0
4	DF	IRN	Abolfazl Hajizadeh	23	0	17+2	0	4+0	0
5	MF	IRN	Saeed Halafi	11	3	2+9	3	0+0	0
6	DF	IRN	Morteza Ebrahimi	22	1	17+2	0	3+0	1
7	MF	IRN	Hossein Ebrahimi	31	3	26+1	3	4+0	0
8	DF	IRN	Alireza Nazifkar	33	3	30+0	3	3+0	0
9	MF	IRN	Hadi Sohrabi	29	0	16+9	0	2+2	0
10	FW	IRN	Afshin Chavoshi	26	3	13+11	3	0+2	0
11	FW	IRN	Mohammad Reza Mahdavi	33	3	29+0	2	3+1	1
12	MF	IRN	Mostafa Hajati	31	2	28+1	2	2+0	0
13	MF	IRN	Mohammad Abshak	18	0	13+1	0	4+0	0
14	FW	IRN	Amin Motevaselzadeh	31	6	14+14	5	0+3	1
16	MF	IRN	Rasoul Soroushnia	12	0	9+3	0	0+0	0
17	DF	IRN	Hossein Koushki	14	1	11+2	1	1+0	0
18	FW	IRN	Reza Almaskhale	4	0	1+2	0	0+1	0
19	MF	FRA	Boubacar Kébé	10	3	6+1	2	3+0	1
20	DF	IRN	Mohammad Mokhtari	22	1	17+3	1	2+0	0
21	MF	IRN	Abouzar Rahimi	15	0	13+0	0	2+0	0
22	GK	IRN	Hassan Roudbarian	16	0	14+0	0	2+0	0
24	FW	IRN	Asghar Nasiri	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
25	MF	IRN	Mohammad Ali Rahimi	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
26	MF	IRN	Mohammad Dadrasi	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
28	MF	IRN	Armin Monfared Doust	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	DF	IRN	Hadi Mohammadi	4	0	1+2	0	1+0	0
30	MF	IRN	Alireza Jahanbakhsh	31	9	24+3	8	4+0	1
31	MF	IRN	Alireza Nikbakht Vahedi	5	0	2+2	0	1+0	0
32	FW	IRN	Hossein Hosseini	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	GK	IRN	Behnam Laayeghifar	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	IRN	Maziar Motaghi	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	IRN	Mojtaba Rostami	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	IRN	Masoud Hassanzadeh	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
Players who are no longer playing for Damash or who have been loaned out:
5	DF	IRN	Masoud Zarei	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
15	MF	IRN	Behnam Afsheh	9	0	2+7	0	0+0	0
23	DF	IRN	Mehdi Kiani	13	2	12+1	2	0+0	0
24	FW	IRN	Saeed Mortazavi	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	DF	IRN	Kenan Tahernejad	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	IRN	Mohammadreza Edalatpanah	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.

Last updated on 5 June 2013

Rank	No.	Player	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	Total
1	30	Alireza Jahanbakhsh	8	1	9
2	14	Amin Motevaselzadeh	5	1	6
3	7	Hossein Ebrahimi	4	0	4
	11	Mohammad Reza Mahdavi	3	1	4
4	10	Afshin Chavoshi	3	0	3
	19	Boubacar Kébé	2	1	3
	5	Saeed Hallafi	3	0	3
	8	Alireza Nazifkar	3	0	3
9	12	Mostafa Hajati	2	0	2
	23	Mehdi Kiani	2	0	2
11
	6	Morteza Ebrahimi	0	1	1
	20	Mohammad Mokhtari	1	0	1
#	Own Goals		0	0	0
TOTALS			36	5	41

Position	Staff
Head coach	Hamid Derakhshan
Assistant coach	Afshin Nazemi
Assistant coach	Mohammad Momeni

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